Scientists

Creative, innovative, fearless science

At the Stowers Institute, we aim to attract scientists who are visionary risk-takers seeking to solve the most challenging and intractable problems in biology.

Scientists

Evgeny Akkuratov, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Fatimah Aljubran, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Justin Avila, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ariel Bazzini, Ph.D.

Associate Investigator

Development and Regeneration, Genetics and Genomics, Molecular and Cell Biology

Friederike Benning, Ph.D.

Jim and Virginia Stowers Fellow

Evolutionary Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology

Cameron Berry, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Aditya Bhattacharya, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Tathagata Biswas, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Simon Bourdareau, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Dan Bradford

Head, Automation and PCR Technology

Ivan Candido-Ferreira, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Shixiong Cheng, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ansa Cobham, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Josefina Doffo, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ruochen Dong, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Laurence Florens, Ph.D.

Director, Systems Mass Spectrometry

Ian Freed, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Riley Galton, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Alexander Garruss, Ph.D.

Jim and Virginia Stowers Fellow

Molecular and Cell Biology

Jennifer Gerton, Ph.D.

Investigator and Dean of the Graduate School

Genetics and Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology

Tanushree Ghosh, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Matt Gibson, Ph.D.

Investigator and President of the Graduate School

Development and Regeneration, Genetics and Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Systems Biology

Randal Halfmann, Ph.D.

Associate Investigator

Development and Regeneration, Genetics and Genomics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Systems Biology

Nelson Hall, Ph.D.

Jim and Virginia Stowers Fellow

Regeneration, Synthetic Biology, Genome Engineering

Victoria Hassebroek, Ph.D.

Head, Genome Engineering

Jeffery Haug

Head, Cytometry

Aurelie Hintermann, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Helen Horkan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Mansoor Hussain, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Anna Klompen, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Kamena Kostova, Ph.D.

Assistant Investigator

Genetics and Genomics, Molecular and Cell Biology

Robb Krumlauf, Ph.D.

Investigator and Scientific Director Emeritus

Development and Regeneration, Genetics and Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Neuroscience

Ramesh Kumawat, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Gopal Kushawah, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Hua Li, Ph.D.

Director, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biostatistics

Linheng Li, Ph.D.

Investigator

Development and Regeneration, Genetics and Genomics, Molecular and Cell Biology

Lorena Maili, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Seth Malloy

Manager, Histology

Biff Mann, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Heather Marshall, Ph.D.

Director, Research Organisms

Ameya Mashruwala, Ph.D.

Assistant Investigator

Genetics and Genomics, Microbiology, Bacterial Community Development

Charles McAnany, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Abbigail McCune, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Sean McKinney, Ph.D.

Head of Computational Imaging

Jorge A. Moreno, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Blanka Mrazkova, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Khoa Nguyen, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Steph Nowotarski, Ph.D.

Head of Electron Microscopy

Neşet Özel, Ph.D.

Assistant Investigator

Development and Regeneration, Genetics and Genomics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Neuroscience, Systems Biology

Horacio M Pallarés, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Anoja Perera

Director, Sequencing and Discovery Genomics

Arvind Pillai, Ph.D.

Assistant Investigator

Molecular and Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Synthetic Biology

Tatjana Piotrowski, Ph.D.

Investigator

Development and Regeneration, Evolutionary Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology

Tolka Premkumar, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Emma Rangel-Huerta, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

William Bret Redwine, Ph.D.

Head, Custom Protein Resources

Sofia Robb, Ph.D.

Genomics Scientist

Boris Rubinstein, Ph.D.

Research Advisor

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, Ph.D.

President, Chief Scientific Officer, and Investigator

Development and Regeneration, Genetics and Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology

Carlos Sanchez-Higueras, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Siva Sankari, Ph.D.

Assistant Investigator

Genetics and Genomics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Host-Microbe Interaction, Plant-Microbe Symbiosis, Metal Homeostasis

Anand Sasidharan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Ph.D.

Investigator

Development and Regeneration, Genetics and Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Systems Biology

Chris Seidel, Ph.D.

Genomics Scientist

Ayantika Sen Gupta, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Taiki Shimizu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Natasha Shylo Hyson, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Kausik Si, Ph.D.

Scientific Director

Molecular and Cell Biology, Neuroscience, Systems Biology

Brian Slaughter, Ph.D.

Chief Operating Officer

Ekasit Sonpho, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Zachary 'Z' Stolp, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Paul Trainor, Ph.D.

Investigator

Development and Regeneration, Evolutionary Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology

Chloe Tubman, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Jay Unruh, Ph.D.

Director, Scientific Data

Alex Von Schulze, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Stacey Walker

Laboratory Services Supervisor

Lin Wang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Zhen Wang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Leanne Wiedemann, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist

Jerry Workman, Ph.D.

Investigator

Genetics and Genomics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Systems Biology

Leo Yan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Yan Yan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Zhe Yang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Kexi Yi, Ph.D.

Director of Microscopy

Zulin Yu, Ph.D.

Head of Light Microscopy

SaraH Zanders, Ph.D.

Associate Investigator and Vice Dean of the Graduate School

Development and Regeneration, Genetics and Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology

Julia Zeitlinger, Ph.D.

Investigator

Development and Regeneration, Genetics and Genomics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Systems Biology

Chongbei Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Cellular, Tissue, and Molecular Biology

Former Investigators

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Former Investigators

Training Programs

Investigator assisting postdoctoral researcher in the lab

Postdoctoral Researchers

Stowers Postdocs receive the highest level of support, from mentorship, access to our core facilities, and compensation to ensure their future success.

Meet the Postdocs

Scientist working with pipette in the lab

Predoctoral Researchers

Predoctoral researchers at the Stowers Institute are provided with unparalleled support from the Graduate School at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. Coursework is completed during the first semester allowing predocs early access to hands-on research.

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Learn About Our Labs

Learn about our Labs

Our diverse labs are united in their commitment to fostering an innovative and collaborative environment in the pursuit of foundational biomedical knowledge.

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